andit Posted February 24, 2007 Share #1 Posted February 24, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi all, Took my trusty C-Lux 1 for another trip this afternoon. Here are some images of the Berlyn Waterfalls in South Africa. Taken at f/5.6, 1/250 sec, ISO 80, image ration 16:9, jpgs straight out of the camera (sadly no option of raw images), resized with Apple Aperture. Enjoy... Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 Hi andit, Take a look here Berlyn Waterfall. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
ejd Posted February 24, 2007 Share #2 Posted February 24, 2007 Looks a very beautiful spot. Nice pictures. All the best, John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted February 25, 2007 Share #3 Posted February 25, 2007 Andreas - Beautiful spot, superbly shown in #1. #2 is not quite as successful since the location seems to require breadth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted February 25, 2007 Share #4 Posted February 25, 2007 Andreas, I like the format and composition of the first shot - thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravastar Posted February 25, 2007 Share #5 Posted February 25, 2007 Andreas, a very interesting and scenic picture (first one). I've looked at the area on Google Earth and see that around the lake and upstream from the falls the surrounding land is very fertile. Within a radius of about 15 miles there are other irregular green patches, quite a contrast to the very brown and dry looking regions between. Since the area isn't flat and water would only flow in the valleys do you know why the higher regions, which you wouldn't expect to have water, appear to be so fertile. The coloration could be an artifact of Google and the resolution isn't very high so maybe I'm drawing the wrong conclusions. Thanks, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEd Posted February 26, 2007 Share #6 Posted February 26, 2007 Hi Andreas, The first one does it for me, wish it was a little bigger though. Very sharp lens, I have to admit. Thanks for sharing. Ed. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andit Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted February 26, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi Bob, This area is situated on the great escarpment, with altitude's ranging from 150msl (492ft) to about 2300msl (7545ft). In normal years we have an exceptional amount of rainfall in the area (in access of 2000mm (over 75 inches). Sadly, this year we have had no rainfall since January, with temperatures keeping in the +30c to 40c mark (86f to 104f). People are attributing this change in weather to global warming. Millions of years ago, the whole area was a vast lake. Fertile ground and minerals (we have gold, vanadium, copper, chrome, nickel etc. in the area) settled on the lake bed. Volcanic eruptions created the mountains that we have today. With that the soil is very fertile. In fact the area is the largest man made forest on earth. It stretches some 1500 km (950mi) through the country and reaches up to 160km (100mi) width in areas, with the average width around 60km (30mi). For those that are interested, these forests are mainly made up of California Pines and Eucalyptus Trees. These have been planted here for the last century to supply the mining industry in SA with wood - mainly props. Thanks everyone for the comments. Will post a whole lot more when I get my M8. Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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